Never Forgive Them
Ed Zitron,
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At,
Dec 19, 2024
This is a really long but really important description of the internet we struggle with today. If it's too long to read, here's the main point: "We all live in the ruins created by the Rot Economy, where the only thing that matters is growth. Growth of revenue, growth of the business, growth of metrics related to the business, growth of engagement, of clicks, of time on app, of purchases of micro-transactions, of impressions of ads, of things done that make executives feel happy." This infects educational technology as much as anything else. I would like to think we can create an alternative, but time is running out. Meanwhile, if you do make it to the end, there's a good comparison between 'the rot economy' and Corry Doctorow's criticism of the web that's wqorth a look.
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